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CHARLES N. OHADNIOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

UNDERWAIST.

GAEION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,205, dated November 10,1885.

Application filed July 1, 1885. Serial No. 170,341. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. OHADwIoK, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement inUnderwaists and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a side view of one-half the waist .with the improvementattached; Fig. 2, a

vertical central section on the hip-line through the armhole.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of garmentscommonly called underwaiststhat is, the waist under the outer garments,and to which other under garments may be attached, and by which thewaist itself may serve as a part of that class of stocking-supportswhich consist of a strap secured to the stocking by a suitable clasp,and, extending upward, adapted to be secured to some portion of thewearing-apparel above. These supporters are more generally secured to abutton fixed rigidly near the lower edge of the waist and under the arm,and so that the draft upon the waist comes only at a single point,whiohmakes an uncomfortable drag upon the waist. In other cases thesupporters are provided with a band or strap to extend over theshoulders, and so as to bring the support directly upon the shoulders.This latter construction is unquestionably the best, as it avoids thedraft upon the waist, and carrice the support directly to the shoulder;but such straps are liable to slip from the shoulder, and at best causeconsiderable discomfort to the wearer.

The object of my invention is to construct a waist so that it maycombine With it a shoulder band or strap to which the stocking-supporter may be attached, and my invention consists in the construction ofthe waist, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited inthe claim.

In the illustration the portion of the waist shown is of commonconstruction, A representing the armhole. The cut of the waist is In thebest conimmaterial to my invention.

structiou a band, B, is applied to the surface of the Waist, extendingup from front to rear over the shoulder, the lower ends of the bandcoming together at a point, 0, near the bottom of the waist. The band isstitched to the waist from a point some distance above the lower endupward over the shoulder, and so as to make it a fixed part of thegarment; but

from the point where the stitching begins downward the band is left freeand independent of the waist, so that the points of attachment of thislower portion are, in fact, from the points a a, where the stitchingcommences.

These two points are one at the rear and the other at the front of thehip-line of the waist.

At the lower point of this detached portion of the band the button b orother fastener is applied, and so that the stocking-supporter may bebuttoned thereon, or secured accord ing to the attachment, or it may bepermanen tly stitched thereto. By leaving the lower portion of this bandfree from the waist the strain from the stocking-supporter is carried tothe front and rear, and thence directly over the shoulder, substantiallyas it would be with a shoulder strap made independent of the Waist, andthe draft produced by a single point of connection, as when the buttonis fixed directly to the waist, is avoided, and the difficultiesattending the use of a shoulderstrap are also avoided.

While designed with special reference to stocking supporters, theimprovement is equally applicable to the attachment of skirts or otherunder-garments which it is desirable to support directly from theshoulders.

In the illustration I have shown but one side of the waist. It will beunderstood that both sides are to be provided with the same attachment.

By the term waists I wish to be understood as including allunder-garments worn about the waist, and which are adapted to receive alike attachment.

By the expression V shape, as indicating the suspending portion of thestrap, I wish to be understood as meaning any desirable or suitableshape,whereby from the point of attachmentjof the supporter, or whateverit may be, the strain is carried upward and forward and backward fromthat point.

I do not claim, broadly, a V-shaped attachment to the waist, to the apexof which the supporter may be attached, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I clairn A waist having a band, B, extending from front to rear over theshoulders, down, and terminating in substantially V shape at the bottom,provided at the apex with a fastening device, and stitched to the waistfrom points 10 at the front and rear up over the shoulder, butdisconnected from the waist from said points downward, and substantiallyas described. 7 CHARLES N. GHADWIGK. Witnesses:

GEO. PHILLIP BAACK, EDWARD J. STEEL.

